Shit people have forgotten about the Bush Era:

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jean-luc-gohard:

Free Speech Zones, which were a real thing and not a plot element in a particularly ham-handed dystopian novel.

The phrase “hidey hole.”

Watching a budget surplus become a massive deficit that was bigger than it even looked because the White House was just like, “Okay, we’ll just not put the wars on the books and just ask for more money for those every few months.”

The sheer number of times Alberto Gonzalez said, “I don’t recall,” to Congress regarding war crimes and human rights violations.

“…now watch this drive.”

Mission Accomplished.

“The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence,” “yellowcake uranium,” Condoleeza’s “mushroom clouds” fearmongering, and all the other bullshit we were fed to get into Iraq.

The President of the United States said so many stupid things that there were one-a-day calendars consisting of an individual quote for each day of the year. They didn’t all have the exact same quotes.

“There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”

And then we went to war.

“Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research: human cloning in all its forms; creating or implanting embryos for experiments; creating human-animal hybrids; and buying, selling or patenting human embryos.” - George W. Bush, 2006 State of the Union

Okay, that’s the best one.

Bush watched that Batman Beyond splicing episode and had nightmares for a week

was it hidey-hole? i thought it was spider-hole.

Yeah, it was spider-hole

I think my favorite was how we un-ironically referred to a whole set of countries as the “Axis of Evil” as if that phrase gives us some kind of meaningful understanding of their geopolitical role and isn’t borrowed straight out of a mediocre made-for-TV superhero movie.

And then there was:

We literally got a terrorism forecast on the news every morning like it was pollen. So many of the things that happened, if they were in a dystopian novel, people would be like, “That’s way too goofy and ridiculous to actually happen in real life,” and yet they did.

THE LAST ONE’S REAL?

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Not only was the terror threat system real, but it was often raised and lowered based entirely on how panicked they wanted us to be. Famously they raised the level for no reason during the 2004 election.

Also, “Free Speech Zones” looked something like this:

It was literally a cage.

I genuinely forget that people, even within my own age group, has forgotten the Bush era since they were teenagers and below the voting age at the time, and so forgot how fucking horrifying it was.

I always reblog this reminder

The terror levels were often raised before elections, with “reports” of “terror plans discovered and destroyed.” Fear is the best tool to control the populace. Make us afraid of the other and compelling us to vote for “safety” and the status quo.

Freedom fries, people. 

I remember as a kid right after 9/11 we were all told the terrorists were gonna blow up all the schools so no one was allowed to wear things on their head. No hats or bandanas or headbands even. I know now it was Islamophobia but me being a long haired child and having my fucking headband taken away from me because of stupid terrorism rules used to infuriate me.

Remember that time the White House sent people to the Attorney General’s intensive care ward to pressure him into reauthorizing the domestic surveillance program? And the only reason they didn’t get away with it was the acting Attorney General found out about it and literally raced to the hospital to get there before them and stop them?

Yeah. Good times that.

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This is why when people say ‘oh, Trump wouldn’t be able to do that much.’I about lose my shit because that happened.

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In case no one’s told you lately:

gxrardweigh:

You’re not a burden.

It’s okay to be struggling.

It’s okay to tell people you’re struggling.

Please tell people you’re struggling.

Don’t suffer in silence. Tell someone. Get help.

It’s okay to need help.

Please get yourself help.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

The world is more beautiful because you’re in it.

You’re worth it.

You’re a good person.

Thank you for existing.

You’re beautiful.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

Please stay alive.

If you’re looking for a sign not to kill yourself, this is it.

Please, stay alive.

People love you.

I love you.

Don’t give up.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

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No parent should have an “if I get deported” conversation with their child.

Moved legally to countries. Problem solved. I have lived all over the world not once did I just roll up illegally.

@vegan-xicano  You’re right.  The parents shouldn’t be in the country illegally you dumbass.

Lol I live in a part of the United States that the US stole from Mexico when it didn’t keep up it’s end of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. If the United States would mind it’s own fucking business and not have such a negative impact in foreign countries, this wouldn’t be an issue. This goes for the violence they have caused trying to overthrow governments they disliked and exploiting foreign workers for by moving companies across borders that leads to poverty and the need for immigration in order meet living needs. 

Or maybe the fucking pilgrims should have stayed in their goddamn land if you wanna go that route.

 @texasgunnersmate

and @nabokovsshadows the immigration process isn’t so simple for everybody. People have tried and waited years for the process to go through. Have you felt the immediate need to leave a country for safety or well-being? some people don’t have the time to wait.

Pinches gringos pendejos.
But did the fucking pilgrims go through a legal process to migrate here? Did they fucking ask the natives of this land permission to thrive of their land and labor?!?!

White people literally have zero humanity

White people colonized land that wasn’t theirs. They have no right speaking on this manner.

Hit em up style.

Okay so this hits really close to home for me. I’m so tired of people giving undocumented immigrants shit, so tired of all this hate from people who have the privilege of being born in the US, or come from situations where immigrating legally is an attainable goal. 

Do you know how hard it is to immigrate to the US? We have some of the strictest and hardest immigration processes out there. I feel like the people who just say “Well immigrate legally. Problem solved,” have this notion that immigrating legally to the US is like standing in line at the DPS to get your driver’s license (an inconvenience but fully attainable), when it’s absolutely not. It takes YEARS and possibly thousands of dollars in visa fees, immigration fees, attorney fees, and the health exams and background checks you have to get, let alone travel expenses. And that is not attainable for people living in god awful, life threatening desperate situations, where they maybe make $60 a month.

Let me give you a quick rundown of our immigration process for you rude ass people who think undocumented immigrants are just lazy criminals coming to steal your jobs:

-You have to apply for an immigrant visa. You can choose from a few categories: employment visa (you have to be a highly skilled worker with a job lined up from an employer willing to hire an immigrant over a US citizen), student visa (so you have to be able to afford to go to school in the US), if you have immediate family in the US already they can file a petition for a visa for you, and if you don’t qualify for one of these MAYBE you can get lucky for the Visa Lottery (and only if less than 50,000 people from your country have immigrated to the US that year you apply for the lottery.)

-So say you don’t have a job lined up and you can’t afford school but you have immediate family here. (Being a spouse, parents, children, or siblings) Your family can petition for you to immigrate here. Some relations may have a higher chance of your petition being approved (like parents petitioning for their children), but it still takes a long time and may or may not happen. (For example, my uncle has been petitioning for his wife and kids to immigrate from the Philippines for almost a DECADE, still hasn’t happened.)

-So your family petitions you and it’s approved or you get hella lucky and win the visa lottery, you still have to submit required paperwork and documentation to immigrate (including a passport so lol if you’re hella poor good luck with affording that)

-Most people also suggest you hire a lawyer to help with the process (once again a barrier for the poor)

-You have to get a thorough medical exam and vaccinations (oh no that means health insurance or high medical bills without)

-Okay so you get all this done, you’re squared away, paid exorbitant fees and all your paperwork is good to go, medical exam and background check is good, you still have to interview with a consular officer. (Which means meeting at the US consulate in your country so be prepared to travel if it’s not in your city)

Immigrating to the US is not easy. Especially if you are poor, in an unstable country, and in life threatening situations where the longer you stay in this country can cost you and your family their lives. It costs an arm and a leg to immigrate and go through a process that can take YEARS. Many people don’t have years to wait. 

All US citizens who have had the privilege to be born in the US don’t understand what this means to an immigrant looking to escape their situation and have a better life. It is simply not accessible to some people to immigrate legally. “Immigrate legally, problem solved.” No. It’s not like waiting in a line for an hour at DPS, it’s not even close to that simple. Some people don’t have the means or time to get here legally and safely. Immigrants (Mexican and Central American immigrants in particular) cross deserts by foot and risk their lives to get here. Do you think if it was as easy as standing in a line at a government office (like many of you think the process is) they wouldn’t do that? 

I am so lucky that I was born here and my parents were able to immigrate to the US legally because the regulations weren’t as strict. IF YOU WERE BORN HERE DON’T YOU EVER SHIT ON IMMIGRANTS AND SPEW YOUR HATE IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS. And don’t give me the “well my family immigrated here legally why can’t they” excuse. Okay Becky who’s 1/8 German 1/8 Polish 1/16 Native American white mystery airhead flavor “my family has been here for generations”, all your family had to do was hop on a ship to Ellis Island and answer some questions and bam welcome to the US. They most likely would not have been able to immigrate based on the procedure now. I don’t want to hear it. 

-Rant over, signed angry Asian girl who just got back from visiting family in the Philippines. 

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admiring the stockings. 1940’s.

#[40S COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCER VOICE] WHAT’S BETTER THAN THIS? GALS BEING PALS

Fun fact: Though being gay in the 40s sucked, being gay in the military was easier, and pretty common. There were apparently, at one point in time time so many lesbians in the military that when they tried to crack down on it, the girls wrote back and said “Look I can give you the names, but you’ll lose some of your best officers, and half your nurses and secretaries.” And they pretty much shut up about it unless you were especially bad at subtlety. (Source: Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers. A good source for gay history from 1900s onwards.)

Sergeant Phelps worked for General Eisenhower. Four decades after Eisenhower had defeated the Axis powers, Phelps recalled an extraordinary event. One day the general told her, “I’m giving you an order to ferret those lesbians out.’ We’re going to get rid of them.”

“I looked at him and then I looked at his secretary. who was standing next to me, and I said, ‘Well, sir, if the general pleases, sir, I’ll be happy to do this investigation for you. But you have to know that the first name on the list will be mine.’

“And he kind of was taken aback a bit. And then this woman standing next to me said, ‘Sir, if the general pleases, you must be aware that Sergeant Phelps’s name may be second, but mine will be first.’

“Then I looked at him, and I said, ‘Sir, you’re right. They’re lesbians in the WAC battalion. And if the general is prepared to replace all the file clerks, all the section commanders, all of the drivers–every woman in the WAC detachment–and there were about nine hundred and eighty something of us–then I’ll be happy to make the list. But I think the general should be aware that among those women are the most highly decorated women in the war. There have been no cases of illegal pregnancies. There have been no cases of AWOL. There have been no cases of misconduct. And as a matter of fact, every six months since we’ve been here, sir, the general has awarded us a commendation for meritorious service.’

“And he said, ‘Forget the order.’

- The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America

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"I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse

“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.”
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”

—Ira Glass

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